What is metadata associated with a record type?

What is metadata associated with a record type?

Represents the metadata associated with a record type. Record types let you offer different business processes, picklist values, and page layouts to different users. Use this metadata type to create, update, or delete record type definitions for a custom object.

Can a metadata API retrieve custom picklist values?

Metadata API doesn’t retrieve custom picklist values on person account record types, if the picklist exists on a contact. In this case, Metadata API retrieves standard picklist values only. Record types are available in API version 12.0 and later. Required.

How are metadata components based on sobjects and objects?

Metadata components are not based on sObjects, like objects in the API. Instead, they are based on metadata types, such as ApexClass and CustomObject, which extend Metadata, the base class for all metadata types. A component is an instance of a metadata type.

How to retrieve data from an OData query?

OData system query options, $select and $expand, to retrieve your data. Use the $select system query option to limit the properties returned by including a comma-separated list of property names. This is an important performance best practice.

How to use metadata API without client library?

Read the Reference Guide to learn about the API interface and accessing data without a client library. Each client library provides a single analytics service object to access all Metadata API data. To create the service object for use with the Metadata API you generally have to go through the following steps:

Is the metadataid property always returned in a query?

The MetadataId property value is always returned. You can use any of the EntityMetadata properties with $select system query options and you can use $filter on any properties which use primitive or enumeration values. There are no limits on the number of metadata entities that will be returned in a query. There is no paging.

Metadata API doesn’t retrieve custom picklist values on person account record types, if the picklist exists on a contact. In this case, Metadata API retrieves standard picklist values only.

How to create a research plan with metadata?

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Why do we need metadata in domain specific repositories?

Metadata refined. This is why domain-specific repositories typically require highly structured metadata with your data submissions: it enables highly granular searches on their aggregated content. This in turn makes your data easier to find.

What does a profile mean in Salesforce API?

Represents a user profile. A profile defines a user’s permission to perform different functions within Salesforce. This type extends the Metadata metadata type and inherits its fullName field. In API version 51.0 and later, you can retrieve and deploy access settings for login flows.

How to force profile changes to deploy through metadata?

To force all Profile changes to deploy through metadata, including permission disablement, add code that explicitly indicates disabled permissions. For example, add this code to the Profile metadata .xml file before deploying into a target org: false .